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VICADD7 - Additional Papers of the Prince Consort
- 11 - Correspondence concerning the Prince Consort's collection of engravings and photographs of the paintings and drawings of Raphael
  - 2 - Raphael correspondence; France, Italy & Spain; 1856-1863

Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/222
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Copy letter from Dr. Ernst Becker to Dr. Frédéric Kuhlmann sending photographs of two drawings by Raphael from the collection at Windsor Castle
Date	23 August 1859
Writer	Becker, Ernest, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
Addressee	Kuhlmann, Frédéric, Dr.; President, Société Impériale des Sciences et des Arts, Lille
Description	Dr. Becker writes that the Prince presented a collection of photographs of drawings by Raphael at Windsor Castle to the Musée Wicar at Lille some years ago. Two more drawings have now been found and Becker sends photographs of these for presentation to the museum. He enquires whether the Society of Sciences and Arts, of which Kuhlmann is President, would allow the drawings by Raphael and perhaps by other masters in the museum to be photographed if the photographer were willing to do so on his own account, with a view to publication. He thinks M. Bingham of Paris would be prepared to do this if permission were given. The Musée Wicar consisted of the art collection of Jean-Baptiste Wicar, who on his death in 1834 left it to the Society of Sciences and Arts in Lille. In 1866 the museum's collection was incorporated into the new Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille.
Place Of Writing	Osborne
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
Level	Item

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